Bottle carrying and suspending device



P 8, 1954 F. c. COMPLOIER 2,690,283

BOTTLE CARRYING AND SUSPENDING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 |4-- IIB 17 ATTORNEYS Sept. 28, 1954 F. c. COMPLOIER 2,690,283

BOTTLE. CARRYING AND SUSPENDING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR FRANK C. ,COM PLOIER ATTORNEYS P 1954 F. c. COMPLOIER BOTTLE CARRYING AND SUSPENDI NG DEVICE Filed March 6,

Sept. 28, 1954 c, CQMPLQIER 2,690,283

BOTTLE CARRYING AND SUSPENDING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1952 4 Shets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR FRANK C. COMPLOIER BY JM? ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 28, 1954 BOTTLE CARRYING AND SUSPENDING VICE Frank C. Comploier, Greenbelt, Md., assignor to The. Hollinger Corporation, Arlington, Va., a corporation of Virginia Application March 6, 1952, Serial No. 275,159

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for carrying, transporting, shipping and suspending a bottle or bottles. The device is particularly adapted for use with bottles containing liquids for parenteral or intravenous injection, such as bottles containing whole blood, blood plasma or other solutions.

An object of the invention is to provide a de vice for carrying and suspending bottles that serves as a protective shipping rack, a hand carrying device, and a suspension rack for use during administration of the bottle contents.

Another object is to provide a device of this character that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

The device of the present invention includes a lower element having a base member having means releasably holding a bottle therein and an upstanding loop member providing a handle by which the device is carried in upright position; and an upper element including bottle shoulder engaging means positioned above the releasable bottle holding means of the base member and a depending loop member interlocked with the upstanding loop member of the lower element and providing a handle by which the device is suspended in inverted position.

Although the device of the invention is adapted for use with a single bottle or similar container, it is preferred that it be constructed to hold a plurality of bottles in symmetrical arrangement, It is also preferred that the devices be made of heavy wire or light rod stock suitably formed and welded, but other materials and modes of fabrication will be evident from the following description.

The invention will be described with greater particularity and other of its objects and advantages will be apparent from or pointed out in the following detailed description of several embodiments, as shown in the drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of one form of device in accordance with the invention show ing bottles in place in the device;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an isometric view of the device of Figs. 1 and 2, the'upper and lower parts being shown in a separated condition;

Fig. 4 is an isometric View of another form of device in accordance with the invention; and

Fig. 5 is an isometric view of still another form.

or section designated by the general reference numeral II.

The lower element It] has a base member including a rectangular wire frame I2. The base is provided with two identical clips I3 and it, each of which is adapted to releasably hold a bottle. Clip I3, for example, is formed of wire and has parallel transverse lower sections I5 and I6, welded to the frame I2. at the four points of contact therewith, upstanding side members I? and I8, at one side of the frame, and a horizontal member I9 curved to fit the side wall of a bottle. A complementary side element 20 is positioned on the opposite side of the frame and cooperates with the opposed side member I7, It, I9 to grip a bottle inserted therebetween.

Clip I4 is similar to clip I3 and is spaced there from to provide a central opening 2! in the base member.

An upstanding loop member having a ring 22 at the top, upstanding legs 23 and 24 and hori zontal feet 25 and 26 is welded to the lower ele ment In at the points where the feet cross the transverse lower sections of the bottle clips. It will be seen that the bottom of the loop member is open at 21.

T01) element I I has a horizontal portion formed of bent wire and including ring portions 28 and 29 joined together by parallel straight sections so and 3|. A depending loop member having depending legs 32 and 33 and a lower ring 311 is secured to the straight sections 36 and 34 by bending the upper ends of the legs around the straight sections and welding as at 35 and 36. The horizontal portion has a central opening 3'! straddled by the legs 32 and 33 of the loop member.

The depending loop member of the upper element II is disposed at right angles to the upstanding loop member of the lower element and the loops are interlocked, as best seen in Fig. 3. The upper and lower elements may be spread apart in the vertical direction, as shown in Fig. 3, until the interlocked rings 22 and 34 abut one another. The upper and lower elements may also be swung relative to each other, as is evident from inspection of Fig. 3. Such relative movement of the elements as is permitted by the interlocking loop structure facilitates insertion of bottles in the clips I3 and, I4 and removal of bottles therefrom.

Fig. 1 shows the rack device of the inventionhaving bottles 38 and 39 received in the clips I3 and Hi and having the upper element II engaging the shoulder portions 40 and 4| of the bottles.

The device, assembled as shown in Fig. 1, is ready to be carried in an upright position or suspended in an inverted position. The ring 22 of the up standing 100p member projects through and above the central opening 31 in the upper element and the ring 34 of the depending loop member pro jects downwardly through and below the central opening 21 of the lower element. By grasping the ring 22 with the fingers, the device may be transported in an upright position. When the device is inverted, it may be suspended from the ring 34 by attaching the ring to a conventional bracket and the bottles are securely held in the device. In the inverted position of the assembly, the bottles are in proper position for administration of their contents to a patient or patients.

It will be seen that the interlocked loop members are of substantially the same length that the slots provided between the legs of the loop members permit the required limited separation of the upper and lower elements for replacement of bottles in the device.

The specific design of the device, and particularly the bottle engaging portions thereof, will, of course, vary depending upon the size and con.- struction of the bottles that the device is made to accommodate.

Referring to Fig. 4, there is shown a rack in accordance with the invention that provides compartments for four bottles. Th rack includes a lower element 42 and a cooperating upper eleient 43. The lower element 42 has a central opening 45 bridged by an upstanding loop member 46. Four bottle clips 41, 48, t9 and 59 are mounted on the base and symmetrically disposed about the central opening. The upper element has a horizontal top member 51 providing a central opening 52 bridged by a depending loop 53 interlocked with the loop member d6 of the lower element. Arranged about the central opening 52 of the top member are four bottle shoulder engaging rings 54,, 55, 56 and 51 that cooperate with the clips 4?, 48, 49 and 59, respectively, to retain bottles in the device. Carrying or supporting rings 58 and 59 are provided on the loop members.

The manner of placing bottles in the rack of Fi 4 and closing the assembly is similar to that described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.

Fig. 5 shows another form of rack accommodating three bottles. The frame member 69 has arms 5!, 62 and 63 disposed 120 apart. A central triangular member 64, providing a central opening '55, is welded to the frame. Bottle clips 69, 5? and 98 are welded to the arms 6!, 62 and 53. An upstanding loop 59 is carried by the triangular member 66.

The upper element includes a top member 79 having three bottle shoulder engaging rings H, l2 and I3. A central triangular member M is Welded to the top member and is provided with a depending loop 75 interlocked with the upstanding loop member 69 of the lower element. The triangular member 14 has a central opening 16 through which the carrying ring 77 of the upstanding loop projects when the rack is filled with bottles and closed. When closed, the ring 18 of the depending loop member projects through the opening 65 of the base for suspension of the assembly in inverted position.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention provides a bottle rack and the like that is convenient to use for transportation and administration of parenteral and similar liquids contained in bottles or like containers.

I claim:

1. A device for carrying and suspending a plurality of bottles comprising a lower element including a horizontal base member providing a central opening therethrough, a plurality of complementary pairs of horizontally spaced upstanding side members positioned on said base member at points removed from said opening, each such pair cooperating .to receive and releasably hold a bottle, an upstanding loop member carried by said base member and positioned over said central opening and providing a handle by which the device is carried in upright position; and an upper element including a horizontal top member having a central opening positioned over the central opening of said base member, said top mem ber including a plurality of horizontally extending portions complementary to the plurality of pairs of side members of said lower element for engaging the shoulders of bottles, and a depending loop member carried by said top member positioned under the central opening of said top member, said depending loop member being interlocked with the upstanding loop member of said lower element and providing a handle by which the device is suspended in inverted position; said loop members being slida'ble one within the other for limited movement of the upper element with respect to the lower element for insertion in and removal from the device of bottles.

2. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said upstanding loop member normally extends through the central opening in said top member and said depending loop member normally extends through the central opening in said base member.

3. A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said complementary pairs of side members are symmetrically positioned about the central opening in said base member.

4. A. device for carrying and suspending a bottle comprising a lower element including a horizontal base member, horizontally spaced upstanding side members on said base member cooperating with said base member to receive and releasably hold a bottle, an upstanding loop member carried by said base member and providing a handle by which the device is carried in upright position; and an upper element including a horizontal top member extending over said base member and having portions engaging the shoulder of a bottle and a depending loop member interlocked with the upstanding loop member of said lower element and providing a handle by which the device is suspended in inverted position; said upstanding loop member normally extending above the level of said horizontal top member and said depending loop member normally extending below the bottom of said base member; said loop members being slidable one within the other to allow limited movement of the upper element with respect to the lower element for insertion in and removal from the device of a bottle.

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